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What’s more, it’s important to analyze the recent info for Catamaran Corp (USA) (NASDAQ:CTRX).
What does the smart money think about Catamaran Corp (USA) (NASDAQ:CTRX)?
At the end of the second quarter, a total of 35 of the hedge funds we track were long in this stock, a change of 75% from the previous quarter. With hedge funds’ positions undergoing their usual ebb and flow, there exists a few noteworthy hedge fund managers who were boosting their stakes significantly.
With a general bullishness amongst the titans, particular hedge funds were leading the bulls’ herd. Tiger Consumer Management, managed by Patrick McCormack, initiated the biggest position in Catamaran Corp (USA) (NASDAQ:CTRX). Tiger Consumer Management had 113.9 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson’s Adage Capital Management also made a $27.3 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The other funds with brand new CTRX positions are Israel Englander’s Millennium Management, Robert Emil Zoellner’s Alpine Associates, and James E. Flynn’s Deerfield Management.
Insider trading activity in Catamaran Corp (USA) (NASDAQ:CTRX)
Legal insider trading, particularly when it’s bullish, is best served when the company in focus has seen transactions within the past six months. Over the latest 180-day time frame, Catamaran Corp (USA) (NASDAQ:CTRX) has experienced zero unique insiders buying, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll also take a look at the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Catamaran Corp (USA) (NASDAQ:CTRX). These stocks are BMC Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:BMC), F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), Workday Inc (NYSE:WDAY), and CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA). This group of stocks belong to the application software industry and their market caps resemble CTRX’s market cap.
